Proud to say I participated in Babri demolition, will destroy two more Masjids: Mutalik

Dharwad, Apr 6: “Yes, I was a participant in the Babri Masjid demolition and I proud of it. There are two more sites in Kashi and Mathura where temples have to be built after demolishing Masjids,” said controversial Sri Rama Sene leader Pramod Mutalik.

He said that Sri Rama Sene was chalking out a strategy to bring down those two Masjids only to build temples.

His admission comes close on the heels of a sting, Operation Janmabhoomi, ' carried out by Cobrapost that claims that the Babri Masjid was demolished as a part of a carefully orchestrated plan of the Sangh Parivar and Shiv Sena. The sting also shows that senior BJP leaders such as L K Advani and then Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh were aware of the entire conspiracy. The secret recordings show several key figures involved in the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 admitting that there was elaborate planning, months of training and even creation of a suicide squad for the criminal act.

Launching his campaign for the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency Saturday, the right-wing leader said that the BJP had become secular and lost the stomach to fight the Hindutva battle.

He added that he was proud to say he was part of the group of Sangh Parivar members who had demolished the Babri Masjid in 1992.

Infamous for his outfit 's attack on women at a pub in Mangalore in 2009, Muttalik was admitted into the BJP on March 23 only to be dropped within hours. He is now contesting as an Independent from two constituencies, Bangalore South and Dharwad, to hurt the vote base of the BJP candidates from there, H N Ananth Kumar and Prahlad Joshi, whom he blames for scuttling his BJP entry.

“To increase its votes, the BJP has abandoned Hindutva. There are two more sites in Kashi and Mathura where temples have to be built. Let the BJP, if they want the votes of Hindus, have the guts to accept these facts,” Muttalik said launching his campaign.

Claiming “a clash of ideologies in the BJP”, he noted Rajnath Singh had sought an apology from Muslims. “The BJP has also turned secular. They don 't have the guts to fight the Hindutva battle anymore.”

The right-wing leader said it was the duty of those fighting for Hindutva to build a temple at Ayodhya at the Babri Masjid site. “I was a participant in the demolition. I am willing to face punishment for it, but the BJP has given up on this. They want Ram and Babar.”